Iran, Russia, and China are gearing up to run a series of major war drills in Latin America in a show of force meant to signal how these militaries can reach the United States.
- Venezuela, under the leadership of anti-U.S. socialist president Nicolás Maduro, is scheduled to host the war games in mid-August
- The war games, known as the Sniper Frontier competition, show that these malign regime from across the globe are uniting and "getting ready to make a loud statement that the region is ready to embrace the multipolar force"
- Latin America's embrace of authoritarian regimes
- Russia, China, and Iran will move their militaries into the Western Hemisphere for war drills that will "preposition forward-deployed military assets in Latin American and the Caribbean."
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi inked economic deals in Latin America
- China's Belt and Road Initiative, a program to increase its global footprint, has made its way into Argentina, where it is working to build infrastructure projects
- In addition, China signed an agreement with a Switzerland-based bank to establish a reserve of yuan currency together with Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Chile to counter the U.S. dollar
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/iran-russia-china-to-run-war-drills-in-latin-america/
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